New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-21

,r;ncsroi reason why many odd dCcttlnes
IA s,.tecssft ami Pcitloal economy find acceI'-
arer is the common habit Of dwelling altogether
ur,y the theoretical phsse OF such questions ana
ignoring the practical phase. There is little OK
c,s. for tbs car lcSsrcsS, inesmuch IS history
furnishes abundant illustrations Of tie conse-
cu.n,e> dcrivahle FROM almost every coneclVable
form o. government and social experiment. II Is
scare. Ii possible Tor a modern community 10 so
further in these directions than the Cd Greek
Republics proceeded, and there is ground for Be-
I,N ing that In absolute indifference 10 results tne
auc.euts were stronger than the mcderns In the
social wars winch quite frequently occurred %
,le sl;max q Grccian experiment the coInoa'Sh'S
shruak from 70 conclusions. Cruei''eS nov
Htlycious than even the Iroquos were won't 70
prac1ise up5n their conquered enemies were IN
f.cteI with pas>onlcs> deliberaton by the men
q aItiquitv N..sSacres OF the inn0ceniS sHch IS
,venin legendary lcrm. have fos eighteen hnnifed
vears caused ali ChTisteudom 70 shudder' Were
perpetratcd by tie factions in those Oh otles
with no compunctiOn. COniSoauoDs and dlSttioH-
tons far cNccclinc in holiness and thoroushneSs
H. pro1oSiiions NOWADAYS advocated By our most
radical socialists and anarchists, were then every
isy occurrences. No rich man coUll count with
entire confidence upon month Of uninterrupted
POSSESSION Of hiss wealth. No poor man could be
surc that even the httle he had-his wife ami his
ohildrcn-w0ud be left 10 him long. II Is
singular that the annals Of those instructive
times. together with the pregnant records oi the
French Revolution, are not rcsorted IN more ny
lie present advocates Of theories which have been
90 eTectually tested and 50 conduSively reiuted
in the past Certainly Is says little Tor Inc
common sense 81 these peldlers Of eete ILLUSIONS
that they should be too lazy 10 seek IN the prae-
ticaI effects Of their doctrines the only trust
worthy verdict 70 Re found regarding Their merits
The writer Of the brochure entitled The Re
public Of the Future has done what the
Socialists themselves generally were afraid Of do
iEg. She has applied their thcc,ies in a
Common sense way. ani has given in q most vlvld
md realistic, YET not caricaturcd picture Of Wla'
Tie world would Ne il Socialism should ever 81
tain the control OF government The story Is In
s-cnieuslv framed We are supposed 70 have De-
fore Us a series Of letters written by Swe1ilSh
robiclau living in the twcnty-frSt century u
friend in ChriStlaua giving his impressions o. the
United Commu al Society, which has taken the
rlaee Il what once we're the United states. y!
course in such story 1t is necessary Il forecast
considerable scientific advances, but there Is little
extravaganza in the way th'S IS done tA Ms
Dold. The passage under the Atlantic ocean i
n,alc az tie rate Of five mikes per minute in
RAILWAYS transport tie traveller from the shore
T. his hotel in what used 10 be Ncw-Iork CITY
hut which has been enlarged by filling in the
North and EaSt Rivers and providing new chan
rclS fOr their water courScS much further away
The writer puts up az q hotel where every
thing Is done BY machinery and not servant Is
u be sen. Automatic annunei@torS and rcEiS-
,ers take the place Of human beings. The meals
ore served in the MONS through tutes IN tic
walls livery kind Of service Il fairly TER
formed but The general effect is naturally iuioer
ably duh AMI depressing. This, however, l. out
An iuttoiucton-a striking Of the Keynote, 50 10
say. In the Socialist Republic, which we arc told
was established after Tremendous conVUlSon> had
nearly depopulated the country, no serVtude Is
permitted. consequently machinery must 90 al
u,eniai work As the women greetN outnCmoet
TIE men ten 70 one, tie aathor puts the rStio'
though she does not explain how this dlspropoi-
ton came aboUt.) and aS su the women Vote
il follows that the government Is II their hands
They III nearly all the ofioes except tie military
and those they have abolished realizing that tAeiI
capacity in war and combat Is as the stake IN
bran Is the remarkably modest ana candid yoans
man IL the Arabian Nights story confessed upon
Interrogation. FindinS that the trouble Of house
keeping inteTfered grcaty with their enanel-
work q household kind which cannot BE pr
for,,.,i by useLincfy There Is 10 more indi-
viauaI cooking The government prepares al
food. A state doctor visits each person once
a month: preSc.ibes tie diet fog the ensuing
TINY DAYS: gives a printed form filled cut oeEti-
fyinr WHIST Is rSQ1ired; and tbs paper being
sent 10 the state cooking oficc by pneumatic
alspatch. tie months provision is promptly for
VARIED in the same way, ooDienSed in the form
al pcliets fos the most part OF course set 49, Is
are no Longer IN order Every one carries his or
her food in the pockets AMI eats when and where
they please rs il Was found that 10 machine
could be devised which would 10 busting The
women deereed that ornaments and oIie-a-orae
must -. The result Is that ali the houses arc
barely furnished and IN exactly the same way
aud as all tie houses have 10 De constructed OF
tie same pattern the most hi3coOs s-'ulenesS
eharactcrizcs the city. There are, however, many
prslie buildings. Ter the State takes charge u all
tie anasenents IS well Is q the edacauon~l
apparatus Lang before the women came u the
practical conclusion that the duties Of mother
hood handitapPcd them UniOlY, AMI they resolved
to BE relieved OF them. Maternity Was lot as
VET prohibited, for they had not reached the pont
Of wishing an end 10 the community. Bat the
SPARTAN method was intEod UoCl. AMI - son a.
possillc after birth every child was committed 10
state nurses. and thenceforth was brought mp by
the state until il reached years Of dlscreuon. D!
Which time hAal affection was tOleraoly certain
10 be extinct
1, being a prime Object with the Communal
State to -emAncipa,er everybody, and relief from
labor ol all kinds beins Regarded the first step
toward this ob}eCt, il had bevn ordained thai
nobody shOai work more than two hours IN the
twenty-fo1r. This. It had been ascer'Ained.
wouh suPply all the necessities, and this rest OF
the day belonged 10 the people Bat they were
not happy. The deadly nOnotony OF their lives
was imposed upon their faces Gradually they
were all growing 50 much alike s. 70 ~ scarcely
aistiaguiShablc. The entlre population, SAY